Reversing-clutch.



UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

AUGUST swEDER, on MARQUETTE, MICHIGAN.

"REvERslNe-CLUTCH'.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 706,479, datedAugust 5, 1902. Application filed November 7, 1900. Renewed July A8. 1902.. Serial 114,333. (No model.)

.To a/ZZ whom t may concern,.-

Be it known that I, AUGUST M. SWEDEE,` of Marquette, in the county of Marquette and State of Michigan, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Reversing- Clutches; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same. l

This invention contemplates certain new and useful improvements in reversingclutches. j

The object of the invention is to provide improved, simple, and highly-efcient clutch mechanism whereby7 a driven shaft may be operated in the same direction as or in opposition to the rotation of the driving-shaft.

In a preferred form of embodiment the invention comprehends two coupling-heads, one on the driving-shaft and the other on a driven shaft, having tapered or inclined facesz designed to be forced together when the driven shaft `is to travel in the same direction as the driving-shaft and a series of tapered frictional rolls designed to be rotated by theV coupling-,head of the driving-shaft for'rotating thedriven shaft'` 'in opposite direction,

when the coupling-head of the latter is out of frictional engagement with J[he head of the driving-shaft. The invention will behereinafter fully set forth, and particularly pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a view in side elevation. Fig. 2 is a vertical section view thereof;` Fig. 3 is a transverse sectional view on line 3 3, Fig. 1. Fig. 4 is a view of the clutch with the driving-shaft and its coupling-head omitted. Fig. 5 is a View of the coupling.

Referring to the drawings, l designates the driving-shaft, and 2 la coupling-head fast thereon, formed with a central bore 3 and an annular groove or 'channel 4, the inner and y outer walls 5 and 6 of which are taperedmor beveled.

7 is the driven shaft, whereon is keyed a coupling-head 8, formed with a central bore to accommodate the shaft. The driven shaft has a central hole or bore 9 extending inwardly ashort distance, wherein fits the stern `ed ring washer 13. y Vthrough the stem 10 is a rod 14,A on the ends 10`of aconnection 12 in the forni ofa T-pin, the disk-Alike end or head 13 of which is held `withinthe bore of coupling-head 2, adjacent to the end of the ydriving-shaft, by a thread- Passing transversely gagement with the head2 they will rotate in unison.

.20 designates a series of tapered rolls jonrnaled on headed studs 21, mounted in a stationary disk 22, and held by nuts 23 on the threaded'ends of saidstuds, said rolls being located in the space betweenthe tapered wall 6 of coupling-head 2 and thetapered wall 19 of the complementary head 8. When these walls are forced into frictional engagement against the wall 6 of head 2 and the head 8 is withdrawn from positive engagement with the head 2, said head 8 is forced to travel in opposite direction to the rotation of the driving-shaft. The disk 22, which may be held by anysuitable means, such as a bracket 22', is loose on head 8, and to it a ring 24 is secured by screws 25, said ring having a counterbore 26, forming a raceway, in which the frictional rolls 15 are designed to travel. A second spaced-apart ring 27loose on head 8, is held to ring 24 by nutted bolts 28, and to opposite points of these two rings on opposite sides of the driven shaft are secured (or they may beformed integral) V-shaped lugs 29, designed to take the force or power of a 1ever 30, fnlcrumed at 31 to a collar 32, loosely fitted in a circular groove 33 in head 8.

In practice by throwing the lever-,30 in the direction of the arrow a: the coupling-head 8l `and the driven shaft are slightly moved 1ongitudinally away from head 2 and the friction-rolls 2O are thrown into engagement with the outer tapered wall 6 of the head of the IOO ' driving-shaft. The rotation of these rolls by the end of the driving-shaft;y but by moving .the lever in the direction of the 'arrow y the friction-rolls 2O are withdrawn from engagefrictional engagement with the tapered wallment with the tapered wall 6 and the tapered wall 18 of the coupling-head 8 is forced into of coupling-head 2, the disk-like end of the connection 12 being then held against the ring-washer 13. The driven shaft is then v rotated in the same direction as the drivingshaft. As the coupling-head Sis rotated either to the right or to the left the rolls 15 on crossrod 14travel in the raceway formed by the ring 24.' The T-pin forming the connection 12 between the two shafts always revolvesin the direction of the driven shaft whether the motion is forward or reverse-that is, when the shaft is driven fromright to left the T- pin moves in the same direction, and when the motion is reversed the pin is reversed also. When the driven shaft is reversed, there is a moment when the T-pin is stationary; but whenthe parts are locked thev vfriction is betweenthe head of the pin and `the end of the driving-shaft. friction betweenthe head and the nut, the. same being-taken up by the rollers in the raceway.

There is no The advantages of my invention are apparent to those skilled lin the art. Although I have illustrated and described the preferred form of embodiment,it is obvious that changes in construction may be made without ldeparting from the scope of my invention. It is also obvious that a clutch mechanism having the characteristics of my invention may be applied to innumerable uses.

I claim as my invention- 1,. A clutch mechanism comprising a driving-shaft,a driven shaft, a coupling-head on each shaft, each head having two tapered "walls, two corresponding walls of the two heads being designed to be thrown into frictional engagement, theother walls being oppositely tapered toform a surrounding V- space, a series of tapered frictional rolls located withinsuch space and designed to be thrown into frictional engagement with the ladjacent walls ofv said heads when the beforementioned walls are out of engagement, and

means for effecting said engagements, sub- 4 its shaft, of a limited longitudinal movement,

a connection between said heads, each head having two tapered wallstwo corresponding walls of -the'two heads being designed to be thrown into frictional engagement, a series of frictional rolls designed to be thrown into frictional engagement between the other walls of said heads when the before-mentioned walls are ont of engagement, and means for eiecting said engagements, substantially as set forth.`

3. A clutch mechanism comprising adriving-shaft, a driven shaft, a coupling-head fast on the Ydriving-shaft, a second couplinghead fast onv the driven shaft which latter together with its coupling-head is formed with a longitudinal slot, a connection between said heads, a cross-rod carried by said connection extended through said slots, each of said heads having two tapered walls, two corresponding walls of the two heads being designed to be thrown into frictional engagement, a series of frictional rolls designed lto be thrown into frictional engagement between the other walls of said heads, and means for effecting said engagements, substantially as set forth. i

4. A clutch mechanism comprising a driving-shaft, a driven shaft, a coupling-head fast on each shaft, the coupling-head on the driven shaft together with the latter having coincidentslots, a connection between said coupling-heads secured at one end within the head of the driving-shaft and extended into a bore in the driven shaft, a cross-rod carried by said connection extended through said slots, a raceway for said rod, each ofy saidk heads having two tapered walls,`two corresponding walls being designed to be thrown into frictional engagement, a series of frictional rolls designed to be thrown into frictional engagement between the other walls of said head, and means for effecting said engagements, substantially as set forth.

5. A clutch mechanism comprising a driving-shaft, a driven shaft, a coupling-head fast on the driving-shaft, a coupling-head on the driven shaft having, together with the latter, coincident slots, a connection between said vcoupling-heads comprising a stem fitted in a bore of the driven shaft and a disk-like head, means for holding said disk-like head in the coupling-head of the driving-shaft, 'a cross-rod carried by said connection extended through said slots, rolls on the ends of said cross-rod, a raceway for said rolls, each of said heads having tapered walls, a series of frictional rolls, and means for effecting the driving of the driven shaft in the same or op- IOO posite direction as the driving-shaft, substanrolls on said rod, a disk, a series of frictional rolls carried by said disk located in the space between the outer tapered Walls of the two couplings-heads, a ring secured to said vdisk and formed with a raeeway for the rolls of the transverse rod, and means for simultane onsly moving said series of frictional rolls and the coupling-head of the driven shaft in opposite directions, substantially as set forth.

7. The combination with the driving-shaft and the coupling-head fast thereon having an annular groove or channel formed with inner and outer tapered walls, of the driven shaft, a coupling-head fast thereon having inner and outer tapered walls, a connection between the two coupling-heads, a disk, a sefaces, a collarloose on said head, and an operating-lever fulcrumed to said collar and designed to engage said bearing-surfaces, substantially as set forth. v

In testimony whereof I have signed this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

AUGUST M. SWEDER.

Witnesses:

GRAFTON L. MCGILL, FRANK S. MAGUIRE. 

